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8 Things That Shocked Me About Labor and Delivery
How to Survive The First Week Home with Baby
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15 Baby Hacks to Make Your Life Easier
5 Tips to Relieve Gas Pains in Babies
What to Expect at Your First Prenatal Appointment

15 Baby Hacks to Make Your Life Easier

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15 baby hacks to make your life easier!Growing up, I thought that being an adult looked pretty simple. Playing with baby dolls led me to believe that motherhood would be easy peezy lemon squeezy.

I came to my senses long before I had a baby, but that doesn’t change the fact that parenting can be a bit of a challenge at times.

As a mom who tries her best but sometimes comes up short, I’m always looking for ways to simplify things. Enter: baby hacks.

These tips and tricks are just a few ways to make your life as a mom easier so that you can spend more time playing with your baby and less time doing, well, anything else. …

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6 Natural Ways to Relieve Back Pain During Pregnancy

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There are plenty of prengnancy symptoms that surprised me, but back pain was not one of them. Back pain during pregnancy is pretty common with between 50-70% of pregnant women reporting that they experienced it. The pain you experience can be as simple as a dull ache, or it could be a sharp pain that wrecks havoc on the entire second half of your pregnancy. …

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10 Things That Shocked Me About Postpartum Recovery

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10 things that shocked me about postpartum recovery

Before I got pregnant, I hadn’t thought much about postpartum recovery. I hadn’t been around any women who had given birth recently since I was a child, so I really wasn’t prepared for what I had coming when I gave birth.

We have all heard that giving birth is painful, but we don’t always hear about the pain that comes after. We don’t typically hear about the blood, the tears, the breast milk leaking everywhere.

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How to Protect Your Baby from the Sun This Summer

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How to protect your baby from the sun this summer

I don’t know about you, but I love this time of year. There is so much to love about summertime. The days are longer, the sun is brighter, and we get to spend some much needed time outdoors after being inside all winter. I personally enjoy laying out to get a little bit of sun, but I know it’s best that I protect my baby from the sun as much as possible.

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5 Tips to Prevent Stretch Marks During Pregnancy

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Stretch marks are certainly not the end of the world, and some women actually grow to love their stretch marks. If you would rather avoid them all together, try these 5 tips for preventing stretch marks during pregnancy.

While some women dislike their stretch marks, most can agree that they were a small price to pay in exchange for their children. I knew that most women get stretch marks during pregnancy, and I was okay with the fact that I was probably going to get them as well. Matter of fact, I was expecting to get stretch marks since my mom has them, and I already had a few from puberty. However, I thought if it was possible to prevent stretch marks during pregnancy, I should give it a try.

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What to Expect at Your First Prenatal Appointment

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What to expect at your first prenatal appointment

Your first prenatal appointment is so exciting. I’m not sure if I was more excited or nervous, but I do know that it seems like I waited an eternity before it was time for my appointment.

The first prenatal appointment marks the beginning of many exciting (and a few not so exciting) appointments that you will experience throughout your pregnancy. If this is your first pregnancy, you may be wondering what to expect at the first prenatal appointment.

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